Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-Flash in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-Flash leads 43.2 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 84.4% for Qwen3.5-Flash.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.40 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
- Qwen3.5-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 1M |
| Max output | 118K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5-Flash: 34.2 (#242)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1412 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 221.8 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5-Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 462.69 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Qwen3.5-Flash: 33.7 (#72)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1403 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 82.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.98 |
Math Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Qwen3.5-Flash: 37.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1407 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 6.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Qwen3.5-Flash: 43.2 (#93)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 82.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1407 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5-Flash: 50.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1446 |
| LMArena French | — | 1412 |
| LMArena German | — | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1368 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1344 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1400 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Qwen3.5-Flash: 72.6 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1374 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5-Flash: 42.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1392 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Qwen3.5-Flash: 57.9 (#122)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1343 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1393 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Qwen3.5-Flash?
Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash lists at $0.10 and $0.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen3.5-Flash share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-Flash has 32.